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clearcutting

noun

Etymology

From clear + cutting.

  1. derived from *kwetwą✻ — “meat, flesh”
  2. derived from *kutjaną✻
  3. derived from *kytja✻
  4. inherited from cutten
  5. suffixed as cutting — “cut + ing”
  6. compounded as clearcutting — “clear + cutting”

Definitions

  1. A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA